The Gruesome History Of The Donner Party, Or Why Normal People Become Cannibals

By Alex JohnsonThis article first appeared on the blog of Museum Hack. If you want your content to be featured in CulturaColectiva, click here to send a 400 word article.I’m not sure why, but I recall thinking a lot about cannibalism pretty early in my life. There are probably a couple of reasons for this. One is that I saw the 1993 film Alivewhen I was pretty young. The other is that I grew up catching lobsters, and those f**kers love eating each other.Don’t get me wrong: I’m not interested in eating people (I hear we’re very salty). Rather, I’m fascinated by the intersection of civilized hum...